September 2015

Editorial Board
Published in issue: September 2015
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EASL Masterclass 2015. Milan, Italy, 2015
Published in issue: September 2015
viii

EASL Special Conference, Addressing End-Stage Liver Disease, a Multifaceted Challenge. Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2015
Published in issue: September 2015
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EASL 2015 Short-Term Research Fellowship Programme
Published in issue: September 2015
x

The International Liver Congress. Barcelona, Spain, 2016
Published in issue: September 2015
xi

Contents
Published in issue: September 2015
xiii-xv

From the Editor's Desk

From the Editor’s desk...
September 2015
• Richard Moreau,
• Ramon Bataller,
• Thomas Berg,
• Jessica Zucman-Rossi,
• Rajiv Jalan
Published in issue: September 2015
p537-539

Editorials

Laparoscopic liver resection: A new paradigm in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma?
• Daniel Cherqui
Published online: July 02, 2015
p540-542

Individualized care for portal hypertension: Not quite yet
• Patrick S. Kamath,
• Rajeshwar P. Mookerjee
Published online: July 03, 2015
p543-545

Research Articles

Viral Hepatitis


Characterization of novel entecavir resistance mutations
• Sanae Hayashi,
• Shuko Murakami,
• Katsumi Omagari,
• ...
• Tsunamasa Watanabe,
• Yoshiyasu Karino,
• Yasuhito Tanaka
Published online: March 25, 2015
p546-553

Association between variants in the interferon lambda 4 locus and substitutions in the hepatitis C virus non-structural protein 5A
• Sakura Akamatsu,
• C. Nelson Hayes,
• Hidenori Ochi,
• ...
• Tomokazu Kawaoka,
• Yoshiiku Kawakami,
• Kazuaki Chayama
Published online: April 04, 2015
p554-563

Grazoprevir and elbasvir plus ribavirin for chronic HCV genotype-1 infection after failure of combination therapy containing a direct-acting antiviral agent
• Xavier Forns,
• Stuart C. Gordon,
• Eli Zuckerman,
• ...
• Janice Wahl,
• Eliav Barr,
• Maria Buti
Published online: April 18, 2015
p564-572

High hepatic and extrahepatic mortality and low treatment uptake in HCV-coinfected persons in the Swiss HIV cohort study between 2001 and 2013
• Helen Kovari,
• Bruno Ledergerber,
• Matthias Cavassini,
• ...
• Rainer Weber,
• Andri Rauch
• and the Swiss HIV Cohort Study
Published online: April 30, 2015
p573-580

Sofosbuvir plus ribavirin for treating Egyptian patients with hepatitis C genotype 4
• Wahid Doss,
• Gamal Shiha,
• Mohamed Hassany,
• ...
• Benedetta Massetto,
• John G. McHutchison,
• Gamal Esmat
Published online: April 30, 2015
p581-585
Delta hepatitis within the Veterans Affairs medical system in the United States: Prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes
• Tatyana Kushner,
• Marina Serper,
• David E. Kaplan
Published online: May 08, 2015
p586-592

Cirrhosis


Severe acute kidney injury associated with non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in cirrhosis: A case-control study
• Chiara Elia,
• Isabel Graupera,
• Rogelio Barreto,
• ...
• Javier Fernández,
• Vicente Arroyo,
• Pere Ginès
Published online: April 11, 2015
p593-600

Transplantation


Early post-transplant survival: Interaction of MELD score and hospitalization status
• Therese Bittermann,
• George Makar,
• David S. Goldberg
Published online: April 06, 2015
p601-608

Liver Failure and Growth


Hepatic cell proliferation plays a pivotal role in the prognosis of alcoholic hepatitis
• Nicolas Lanthier,
• Laura Rubbia-Brandt,
• Nathalie Lin-Marq,
• ...
• Nicolas Goossens,
• Antoine Hadengue,
• Laurent Spahr
Published online: April 11, 2015
p609-621

Heatstroke induces liver injury via IL-1β and HMGB1-induced pyroptosis
• Yan Geng,
• Qiang Ma,
• Ya-Nan Liu,
• ...
• Wei-Wen Xu,
• Jie Fan,
• Lei Su
Published online: April 27, 2015
p622-633

Extracorporeal liver assist device to exchange albumin and remove endotoxin in acute liver failure: Results of a pivotal pre-clinical study
• Karla C.L. Lee,
• Luisa A. Baker,
• Giacomo Stanzani,
• ...
• Rajeshwar P. Mookerjee,
• Nathan A. Davies,
• Rajiv Jalan
Published online: April 30, 2015
p634-642
Open Access

Cancer


Laparoscopic versus open liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma: Case-matched study with propensity score matching
• Ho-Seong Han,
• Ahmed Shehta,
• Soyeon Ahn,
• Yoo-Seok Yoon,
• Jai Young Cho,
• YoungRok Choi
Published online: April 11, 2015
p643-650

PTPN11/Shp2 overexpression enhances liver cancer progression and predicts poor prognosis of patients
• Tao Han,
• Dai-Min Xiang,
• Wen Sun,
• ...
• Gen-Sheng Feng,
• Jin Ding,
• Hong-Yang Wang
Published online: April 09, 2015
p651-660

Curcumin effectively inhibits oncogenic NF-κB signaling and restrains stemness features in liver cancer
• Jens U. Marquardt,
• Luis Gomez-Quiroz,
• Lucrecia O. Arreguin Camacho,
• ...
• Jesper B. Andersen,
• Valentina M. Factor,
• Snorri S. Thorgeirsson
Published online: April 30, 2015
p661-669

Molecular and Cell Biology


Gas6/Axl pathway is activated in chronic liver disease and its targeting reduces fibrosis via hepatic stellate cell inactivation
• Cristina Bárcena,
• Milica Stefanovic,
• Anna Tutusaus,
• ...
• José C. Fernández-Checa,
• Pablo García de Frutos,
• Albert Morales
Published online: April 20, 2015
p670-678
Open Access

The Hippo pathway effector YAP controls mouse hepatic stellate cell activation
• Inge Mannaerts,
• Sofia Batista Leite,
• Stefaan Verhulst,
• ...
• Hendrik Reynaert,
• Georg Halder,
• Leo A. van Grunsven
Published online: April 20, 2015
p679-688

3D molecular MR imaging of liver fibrosis and response to rapamycin therapy in a bile duct ligation rat model
• Christian T. Farrar,
• Danielle K. DePeralta,
• Helen Day,
• ...
• Kenneth K. Tanabe,
• Bryan C. Fuchs,
• Peter Caravan
Published online: May 25, 2015
p689-696

Cholestasis and Autoimmune Diseases


Gut microbiota inhibit Asbt-dependent intestinal bile acid reabsorption via Gata4
• Carolien Out,
• Jay V. Patankar,
• Marcela Doktorova,
• ...
• Folkert Kuipers,
• Henkjan J. Verkade,
• Albert K. Groen
Published online: May 25, 2015
p697-704

Genetic and Metabolic Diseases


Statin use and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in at risk individuals
• Paola Dongiovanni,
• Salvatore Petta,
• Ville Mannisto,
• ...
• Stefano Romeo,
• Jussi Pihlajamaki,
• Luca Valenti
Published online: May 13, 2015
p705-712

Sirt1 mediates the effect of the heme oxygenase inducer, cobalt protoporphyrin, on ameliorating liver metabolic damage caused by a high-fat diet
• Xiaojun Liu,
• Yong Gao,
• Meixia Li,
• ...
• Tao Jiao,
• Fude Fang,
• Yongsheng Chang
Published online: May 27, 2015
p713-721

Reviews

Can we use HCC risk scores to individualize surveillance in chronic hepatitis B infection?
• Vincent Wai-Sun Wong,
• Harry L.A. Janssen
Published online: May 27, 2015
p722-732
Open Access

Understanding liver immunology using intravital microscopy
• Pedro Elias Marques,
• André Gustavo Oliveira,
• Lynne Chang,
• Heitor Affonso Paula-Neto,
• Gustavo Batista Menezes
Published online: June 05, 2015
p733-742
Open Access

Special Sections

Position Paper

Expanding consensus in portal hypertension
Report of the Baveno VI Consensus Workshop: Stratifying risk and individualizing care for portal hypertension
• Roberto de Franchis
• on behalf of the Baveno VI Faculty
Published online: June 03, 2015
p743-752
Open Access

Clinical Trial Watch


Clinical Trial Watch: Reports from the EASL International Liver Congress (ILC), Vienna, April 2015
• Martina Gambato,
• Augusto Villanueva,
• Juan G. Abraldes,
• Jose Altamirano,
• Xavier Forns
Published online: June 18, 2015
p753-762

Letters to the Editor

Safety, efficacy and tolerability of half-dose sofosbuvir plus simeprevir in treatment of Hepatitis C in patients with end stage renal disease
• Bhamidimarri Kalyan Ram,
• Czul Frank,
• Peyton Adam,
• Levy Cynthia,
• Hernandez Maria,
• Jeffers Lennox,
• Roth David,
• Schiff Eugene,
• O’Brien Christopher,
• Martin Paul
Published online: June 18, 2015
p763-765
New imaging assisted methods for liver fibrosis quantification: Is it really favorable to classical transient elastography?
• Nicolas Lanthier,
• Peter Stärkel,
• Yves Horsmans
Published online: May 09, 2015
p765-766
Open Access
Reply to: “New imaging assisted methods for liver fibrosis quantification: Is it really favorable to classical transient elastography?”
• Christophe Cassinotto,
• Victor de Lédinghen
Published online: May 13, 2015
p767
Open Access
Albumin infusion in cirrhotic patients with infections other than spontaneous bacterial peritonitis: End of the story?
• Manuela Merli,
• Cristina Lucidi,
• Barbara Lattanzi,
• Oliviero Riggio
Published online: May 16, 2015
p767-768
Open Access
Reply to “Albumin infusion in cirrhotic patients with non-SBP infections: End of the story?”
• Thierry Thevenot,
• Elisabeth Monnet,
• Vincent di Martino
• For the ALB-CIRINF Study Group
Published online: May 18, 2015
p768-769
Open Access
Randomized study of danoprevir/ritonavir-based therapy for HCV genotype 1 patients with prior partial or null responses to peginterferon/ribavirin
• Ze-Zhou Song
Published online: June 30, 2015
p769-770
Is skin mottling a predictor of high mortality in non-selected patients with cirrhosis admitted to intensive care unit?
• Rémi Coudroy,
• Angéline Jamet,
• Arnaud W. Thille
Published online: June 05, 2015
p770-771
Open Access
Reply to: “Is skin mottling a predictor of high mortality in non-selected patients with cirrhosis admitted to intensive care unit?”
• Arnaud Galbois,
• Eric Maury,
• Bertrand Guidet,
• Hafid Ait-Oufella
Published online: June 06, 2015
p772-773
Open Access

Erratum

Erratum to “New imaging techniques for liver diseases” [J Hepatol 2015;62:690–700]
• Bernard E. Van Beers,
• Jean-Luc Daire,
• Philippe Garteiser
Published online: June 18, 2015
p774